Profile

Deborah Hughes Hallett is Adjunct Professor of
Public Policy and Professor of Mathematics at the University of
Arizona. She graduated from Cambridge University in England and has
taught at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and
Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Her work is on strategies to improve
the teaching of mathematics, and she is interested in promoting
international cooperation between mathematicians. With Andrew
Gleason at Harvard, she organized the Calculus Consortium for
Higher Education and started a foundation to promote innovative
curriculum and pedagogy. She has served on committees for the
National Academy of Sciences and organized three international
conferences on the teaching of mathematics. She is a fellow of the
American Advancement of Science and the author or coauthor of seven
books, which have been translated into several languages. Her work
has been recognized by prizes from Harvard University, the
University of Arizona, the Association for Women in Mathematics,
and the Mathematical Association of America.